More than 100 flats near the Hayes Station development would be the last straw for many residents, who have reacted angrily to the plans.

Homebuilder Ballymore wants to construct a 15-storey building in Blyth Road, Hayes, in addition to its hotel and 500-flat scheme in nearby Station Road.

But residents fear this will place too great a burden on surrounding schools and GP surgeries, as well as increasing traffic and parking problems.

Ron Fernandez, 70, of Blyth Road, said: "We don't want more flats here. We're already going to have 500 flats at the station, we'll be surrounded by too many high-rise buildings. And where will all these people park?"

Debbie Leacock, of nearby Clayton Road, said: "The developers are just squeezing housing into every bit of land they can find and it doesn't bode well, with the problems we have with schools, traffic and doctors' surgeries - it takes me a week as it is to get an appointment with my doctor."

"If the right infrastructure is in place it will be great, but otherwise it could just end up as a derelict building, which will be awful."

Her Labour colleague and fellow ward councillor Mo Khursheed said: "We don't need more flats, there is a much greater demand for houses.

"I'm also concerned about it being a high-rise building."

John Turner, director of town planning at the Ballymore Group, said: "This development will compliment the existing Hayes Station development and the quality apartments will help to regenerate the area."

Ballymore held a public exhibition of the plans on last week at the Hayes Station development. The planning application is expected this year.